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Sep. 22nd, 2006 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moonwise*amused*
Just found out that the four people (including myself) who went to the symposium yesterday weren't actually registered to go, so we crashed the party. Took free swag, had a free lunch, and one of our number won a $100 gift certificate. It was like Halloween - my sugar needs are met for at least another week, with all the candy that the vendors had out.
Best swag: QTI gave out pens that were also LASER POINTERS. With little switchable endcaps that make shapes on the wall. The jury is still out as to whether this is a better present than the fiberoptic pen Waters gave me last year that lights up and makes colors.
Worst swag: Hitachi gave out little belt-clip radios. I felt kinda bad for them, because the UV-vis they were selling looked about 10 years old even though it was brand new.
Boss backed off this year and didn't insist that we present posters. It turns out that something got bumped back and I could have given one, but it's such a hassle, and our group always looks out of place because we don't exactly "push back the frontiers of science." How can you, when you're looking at fascinating raw materials such as citric acid?
Yup, kids, that's why I went to school!
Just found out that the four people (including myself) who went to the symposium yesterday weren't actually registered to go, so we crashed the party. Took free swag, had a free lunch, and one of our number won a $100 gift certificate. It was like Halloween - my sugar needs are met for at least another week, with all the candy that the vendors had out.
Best swag: QTI gave out pens that were also LASER POINTERS. With little switchable endcaps that make shapes on the wall. The jury is still out as to whether this is a better present than the fiberoptic pen Waters gave me last year that lights up and makes colors.
Worst swag: Hitachi gave out little belt-clip radios. I felt kinda bad for them, because the UV-vis they were selling looked about 10 years old even though it was brand new.
Boss backed off this year and didn't insist that we present posters. It turns out that something got bumped back and I could have given one, but it's such a hassle, and our group always looks out of place because we don't exactly "push back the frontiers of science." How can you, when you're looking at fascinating raw materials such as citric acid?
Yup, kids, that's why I went to school!
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Date: 2006-09-22 02:51 pm (UTC)